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10/2/13
WI-BELOIT - DAWG - POSTED
When I checked in to the Rodeway Inn next door a few days earlier, the
person ahead of me commented that they grew up in the Beloit area and when they
came back to town and got together with old friends, there was never a
discussion on WHERE to meet, only the when. The where was always the Road Dawg.
That stay I also had breakfast here. Now a few days later I am back for
lunch. I'm on a ½ hour break so I go for the soup and salad bar.
FIVE kinds of soup … salad bar was good also. But if you go to a buffet
because you don't like to interact with people, this is the wrong place …
they were checking back on me frequently, which is unusual once you order the
buffet.
I'll be back any chance I get.
MO-STL - SUPER 8
- POSTED
It was late and I had to be off the road and the Super 8 was
the first place I came to. Price was OK, so I stayed.
There is nowhere to
park a big rig, but there is limited oversized parking in back (you might want
to check before heading back there)
The room was OK, nothing bad, nothing
great. Breakfast was the basics. I was running late enough in the AM to
actually eat breakfast before leaving (rare for me). I had cold cereal and a
cup of yogurt.
They must not expect much of a breakfast crowd, three
tables so close together that I had to squeeze in, and that was without anyone
sitting behind me.
10/3/13
TX-BIG CABIN - Cherokee
Restaurant - POSTED
Another buffet for me, fastest 'non-fast food' I
can get on the road. The spread was nothing special, two kinds of soup, a few
sides and the salad area … and a few deserts.
Not much service
required with a buffet, my order was taken, (I did have to ask for more plates
each time), the plates were cleared and I got my check.
As another person
mentioned, they do have a door between the smoking and the non-smoking. I was
sitting right next to the door and didn't notice any smoke so the venting must
be ok.
TX-HILLSBURO - ECONO LODGE - POSTED
Out of
hours and needing a room.
No issues with check in/check out.
There is
food right across the street, but it closes at 10PM (I was there later). I
ended up at Schlotzsky's a ½ mile away, there is also a Café just
across the freeway.
Truck parking is where you can find it.
Their
website lists a pretty good breakfast … I forgot to checkout so I didn't
see it.
TX-HILLSBURO - SCHLOTZSKY'S - POSTED
I was
looking for a 'sit down' place close to my motel. Saw this SCHLOTZSKY'S and
swung in instead.
It was just a few minutes before closing time so
everyone was cleaning, but as soon as I walked in I was greeted and they were
ready to take my order before I was ready to order. (lots of times I see
cleaning taking priority over customer service at the end of a shift, but not
here, not tonight.)
Great food, but a hard to find chain while traveling.
10/4/13 OK - PAULS VALLEY - HAPPY DAZE - POSTED
… the only down side was having to ask for and wait for my check.
I
like the check on my table before I am half done eating, but I suppose not
everyone does.
Was seated and waited on right away. Food came fairly
quickly, it was delivered by the owner/manager as my waiter was busy with
someone else. ???? WHAT DID I HAVE ???
OK-BLACKWELL - BESTWAY
INN - POSTED
Sometime in my past I have stayed here before, I don't
remember the motel but remember eating next door.
Today I was looking for
something a little nicer so I stopped at the EconoLodge … Full … and
it would have been $90. Ouch so I didn't even try the Super 8 or BW. A coupon
got me in here for under $50.
SO … if you look at this as a place
that is <> half the price of an EconoLodge, it's not a bad place.
Everything worked, everything was clean … but it is old. Not a problem for
me. Next time I'll save myself a few minutes and come here first.
The
pictures show it is not worn or falling apart.
10/5/13
MO
- STROUDS
MO - MA & PA KELLY Closed - re-opening soon as
.. ??
MO-CAMERON - Nelle's Restaurant - POSTED
It
had a 5 until …
… I was walking out the door and decided to use
the bathroom before hitting the road again.
I seated myself, I was waited
on right away, when they came back with my water I was ready to order …
today's choice was a bowl of soup. Before I had time to dial my cell phone, my
soup was on my table and the bill was there shorty after (just the way I like
it.)
Soup was good … and lots of crackers, didn't have to ask for
more.
There was a cashier at the register so no waiting to get someone's
attention. Everything I need to get in and out in a 30 minute break.
… then I went to the men's room … it was bad. I am in 2-3-4+
truckstop and shop restrooms a day and haven't seen one this bad in months. And
this was for the restaurant and store … you have to go outside to get to
the truckstop part of the building. (It was the kind of 'un-clean' that adds up
over time, it was not just a one-day oversight.)
After I thought about it,
it made me wonder how clean the rest of the place is … I'll stop in again
but I'll check the rest-room first.
BTW - I only ended up here because
Stroud's in KS doesn't open until 2PM and Ma & Pa Kettle's is now closed.
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